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NHL 97
North American box art
Developer(s)	Al Baker and Associates
Publisher(s)	EA Sports (NA) Electronic Arts (EU)
Release Date(s)                NA: October 1996                EU: November 28, 1996
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Sports (Ice Hockey)
Rating(s)
ESRB
02
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NHL 97 is a sports game (focused on ice hockey) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in North America and Europe, but not Japan.

GameplayEdit

The game had slightly improved graphics and better animation than the series' previous installments. A "skills competition" was introduced in this game that included accuracy shooting and hardest shot. This is also the first game where real-life sports announcer Jim Hughson does the in-game play-by-play. And it's the final game of EA's NHL series to be released in Europe on the Super Nintendo.

As in the real-world sport of hockey, the object is to score more goals than the opposing team to win the game.

TeamsEdit

Since the game is licensed by the National Hockey League and it's Player's Association, all real-world NHL teams and players from that year are included in the game.

Box artEdit

The box art for the game has a still shot of goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck from the Florida Panthers, the losing team in the previous season's Stanley Cup Final.

See alsoEdit

• List of hockey games

External linksEdit

• NHL 97 at GameFAQs
• NHL 97 at Wikipedia